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Behaviour & Development

Digital media

  • Screen time and digital media: Advice for parents of school-aged children and teens
  • Screen time and young children
  • Social media: What parents should know

Healthy development

  • Bedwetting
  • Colic and crying
  • Footwear for children
  • Gender identity
  • Growing up: Information for boys about puberty
  • Growing up: Information for girls about puberty
  • Is my child growing well?
  • Toilet learning
  • Your baby’s brain: How parents can support healthy development
  • Your child’s development: What to expect

Learning and playing

  • Biting in child care: What are the risks?
  • Playtime with your baby: Learning and growing in the first year
  • Promoting reading in school-aged children
  • Read, speak, sing to your baby: How parents can promote literacy from birth
  • Your busy toddler: Games, toys and play in the second year of life

Neurodevelopmental disorders

  • Autism spectrum disorder: What you need to know
  • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
  • Medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Non-prescription interventions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Parenting

  • A parent’s guide to health information on the Internet
  • Attachment: A connection for life
  • Child care: Making the best choice for your family
  • Depression in pregnant women and mothers: How it affects you and your child
  • How to foster your child’s self-esteem
  • How to talk with your teen
  • Positive discipline for young children
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